How to find detailed information about brands of products:

• Click on the shopping basket on the product pages - this will take you to a list of suppliers

• Use the internet - enter the product name or description into a search box

• Contact the manufacturer's customer help lines to find out if their products are distributed in your country, for example, through supermarket or pharmacy chains

• Ask to be sent samples and written information where possible

• As your local health care professionals - pharmacist, health care professional, consumer continence organisations or disability living services

• Ask about mail order possibilities

• Click on worldwide to find organisations in your country. Some of these will be able to provide information about products and their local availability.

Other aspects of product availability that it is useful to be aware of:

• Manufacturers sometimes make particular designs of products which are only sold in certain countries. This can be frustrating when you are unable to obtain products but are aware they are available elsewhere

• The same product might be known by a different name in other countries

• Shops sometimes sell products under their own brand name which have been made by manufacturers who also have their own private label products